When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News
Date: 16 October 2011
By Robin Pogrebin
Robin Pogrebin
An exhibition to open at the New-York Historical Society on Nov. 11 delves into American taste in art during a crucial period from the 1830s through the 1860s.
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The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Date: 15 October 2011
The nation’s ports suggest that the holiday shopping season may disappoint, the Wall Street protests continued and continued to provoke, Europe pressed harder to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis and the iPhone 4S went on sale.
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NBC Anchor Broadens His Portfolio
Date: 16 October 2011
By David Carr
David Carr
With “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” Mr. Williams will try to spread his broadcast charisma over a newsmagazine show, a TV platform with a history of abundant carnage.
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Republican Debates Are a Hot Ticket on TV
Date: 16 October 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The early debates for the Republican presidential nomination are garnering almost twice as many viewers as in 2007.
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Vic Miles, Reporter and Anchor on WCBS-TV, Dies at 79
Date: 15 October 2011
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
Mr. Miles brought a no-nonsense, get-to-the-essence style to his 24 years as a reporter and anchorman for WCBS-TV/Channel 2 in New York and was among the first black television reporters in the city.
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Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me
Date: 15 October 2011
Test your knowledge of recent events.
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Maybe Teach Them Math, Science and Chess
Date: 16 October 2011
By James Warren
James Warren
A chess tournament in Oak Brook, Ill., demonstrates how much discipline, analytical thinking, time management and other adult skills children can develop by playing the game.
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In Poor Neighborhoods, TIF May Need a Boost
Date: 16 October 2011
With tax increment financing not having had the desired effect in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, there are calls for more development in those areas to give the program a boost.
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In Protest, the Power of Place
Date: 15 October 2011
By Michael Kimmelman
Michael Kimmelman
Occupy Wall Street is a potent reminder of the ancient civic ideal of public space, and how far we have drifted from it in the modern era.
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Newswallah: Long Reads Edition
Date: 16 October 2011
By Vikas Bajaj
Vikas Bajaj
The best of long-form journalism this week.
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